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Established 1844. THE PRESS ANI? BANNER ' ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-:,iass matter at port office in Aoheville, S. C. Tcnu of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six months $1.00 Three months .50 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1920 A JUST SENTENCE James H. Brown was convicted at - +Via rWpmber term of the court for 1 Anderson County of a violation of ] the prohibition laws of the state. He j had;been found in possession of 116 < quarts of intoxicating liqour, made .< and in his possession to be sold in ] ' violation of the law? of the state and country. He was sentenced to serve j a term of eighteen months on the u ' chain gang. < Brown; it seerts, after his arrest ( went to Georgia and did not put in his appearance at the trial of his case I Jiri Anderson, ^fter his conviction, . / - however* he was located in Georgia, and requisition asked of the. Govern or of this state. When Brown saw ] no further chance to evade the law, i he made a great show of being law abiding by sending word to the An derson authorities that he would sur render, which he has now done. We presume that his suprender will now be ?aken as a reason why his sentence should be commuted to a s fine. It is said that he is an intelli gent looking white man, and we judge that he must be "prominent" from all that we hear of him. It will be a pity, to be sure, to see an intel ligent-looking prominent white man working on the roads, and Anderson County likely needs the money. Per haps somebody will suggest that there j 'afe not enough white men on the Anderson chain gang to "make it pro 'fitable to work Brcwn, and this wil! be urged as anotner reason wny nis -I sentence should be commuted. ' ^Tbis is about thp way things are > run'in some places. But we would re -mind the pardoning power that there is .much being said about the crime wave just now. Nothing is eontribut ing to it a3 much as violations of the prohibition law. The prohibition law is being volated because white men are making the liquor and selling it, v and other white men are winking at the law's violation, and contributing to it. ' i The cause cannot be wiped , out without punishing the people who are responsible for the violations of the law. <t will not do to punish a few negroes who at most are runners fUn /ikiaf rvlqfrvvc nf tlio low aui bUC V1UV4 The men responsible for carrying on the business must be caught and punished. Brown ^is one of these, else he would not have had in his posses / sion 116 quafts of liquor. He had it to sell in violation of the law. He had 1 a contempt for the law or he woujd not have had the liquor in his poss ession. We, therefore, suggest that a just sentence has been passed on him. He should be made to pick rocks every day of the time. If any officer asks that his sentence be commuted to a fine, the people should take the num b'er of the officer, and if the govern or commutes his sentence to a fine, the governor should be impeached. The legislature will soon be in ses sion. / HARPERS ON FRONT PA6 ii ^ Everybody in Abbeville remembers Henrv Harper, who for so many years was right hand man for Hon. s Wm. Henry Parker. The first time Judge Purdy came to Abbeville he met Henry on the street and turned to see him walk by. Henry had his whiskers cut like, the boss man, wore the same kind of clothes and had the walk down to perfection. Judge Pur ' * dy without knowing who Henry was stated that he was willing to make a bet that he worked with Mr. Parker. John Harper was Henry's oldest son, and almost everybody knew John. He got into the police courts sometimes, but when he was at work he was a first class worker. Several years ago John moved to New York, taking along his wife and children. They wanted to get to where things were rolling, and they did. John? oldest daughter married a returned soldier and in a little time she discovered that she was not : his first wife. They separated and < she procured a divorce. Monday night another negro man, a former chauffer for the late Bishop Burch, stole out the car of the form er Bishop and took the Harper negro girls for a ride about the city. While they were out, Lucia, the divorcee, saw her former husband following them from one plage to another. They went to a different part of the city, I and rode until thje small hours of the night. As 'they were returning the former husband met them again. This time he jumped on the running board of the car, shot his former wife to death, wounded the chauf feur, and; then shot himself-. The Harpers have had themsejves written up;.\rith double headlines on the front jj^ge in the New York pa- 1 pers, and the crime has attracted a jreat deal of attention along with i sther cringes committed in the carni val of evil doing now going on in i tfeW York Gity. The news, came to Abbeville Wed- 1 nesday and: Aunt Leah Thomas has 1 enough to talk about now to keep < Greenville stree^; entertained for sev- 1 ;ral weeks. *. . SUNDRY CIVIL BILL { . .. f REACHES THE HOUSE Washington, Dec. 30?Two of the 15 bills carrying appropriations to run the government during the year jeginning next July 1, reached the louse today and were given more % 9 ;han the usual preliminary scrutiny because of the announced intention >f Republican leaders to cut gov^rn nent expenditure^. 1 The sundry>civil bill, which con- 1 ;ains the miscellaneous appropria- ' :ions as reported carried'a total of ' ?383,611,292. This total represents i slashing of $420,914192 from the ' jstimates submitted by the govern- ! nent departments, and a reduction of 1 ?52,237,514 from the amount appro- < priated through the same bill last ! fear. i T^he cut in estimates for the post )ffice bill, the other appropriation ! neasure submitted, however, was not 1 . .-s ' v '/J . , ?. ' ' 1 >o great and the expenditure recom- J nended represented a considerable 1 ncrease over this year's appropria- ( ;ion. TJhe measure as reported (Sar- 1 ied $573,964,721, a reduction of 1 >11 A i Cl 1 O 1 e iU .ol/nll < 9 1 i ,****?, AOA 1IUIII tuc ainuuiib aoacu the postoffice department, but an ] ncrease of $69,530,021 over the ap- 1 iropriation for the current year. ' Democratic leaders were prompt ( o point out that the sum total car ried by both bills, if passed, as sub nitted by the appropriations com nittee, would Add about $17,000,000 ; o the cost of running the govern- * nent next year. Republican leaders 1 vere equally prompt in declaring r hat there was abundant ground 'for * gratification on their part, inasmuch t ,s they had used xthe pruning knife t in estimates of Democratic heads without mercy. ^ Outside of the $223,000,000 pro ided for the care of the disabled ervice men and dependents of those :illed the sundry civil measure only ^ 1160,011,292 for all other purposes, ompared with $126,000,000, the imount appropriated for 1916. The committee reported that the ncrease in the postoffice appropria- j ion was due principally to the $10? 100,000'increase in the pay of city etter carriers, the $36,000,000 in rease allowed the railroads for mail P ransportation and the $12,500,000 ^ ncrease in pay of clerks and em- . doyees. \ \ Washington, Dec. 30?Efforts will^ >e made on the floor of the house to ~ . . .4&? 1 -cQBiple- j vhich;no provision was made in the t iundry civil appropriation bill re- r )orted today, members from the ? south said. It was understood that ^ he appropriation was lost in the ( :ommittee on a tie Vote'. r Representative Almond, Democrat ^ \labama, in a statement before the nmmittmi ust-irriAtpr? tVinf 811.000.- > )00 had been the cost of a year's lost ? ;ime on this work. j "With the completion of this water t sower dam no other nation will be is well equipped as we are for the " nanufacture of explosives in time of nilitary emergency or the manufac ;ure of fertilizer in time of peace," i Mr. Almond said. All the countries ( i jngaged in the recent war are util- ( zing their nitrogen plants and they f are being operated or planning to"be operated, by the government or through government aid for fertili zer purposes, he added. He estimat I ed the dam as about 30 per cent, com plete. LONG TIME NOTES TO BE ARRANGED Washington, Dec. 30.?Discussions between American and British treas ury officials regarding the exchange into long time obligations of the de mand notes of the "British govern-1 ment held by the United States amounting to $4,196,000,000 will be renewed uport"* the arrival in this country soon of a representative of the British treasury, Secretary Houston today announced. m'- ---- ?. -C fvAQcnyir ia i nc ui me iw| authorized, under the Liberty bond act, to effect the exchange at a rate of interest not less than that borne by the .demand instrument, it was said. Discussions with the British repre sentative, Secretary Houston said, ( will be confined to the exchange of I the obligations of that government as it is the policy of this country to deal separately with each of the al lied nations to whom loans have been nade. Discussions carried on in Europe with the other nations * indebted to; the United tates, the secretary said,! have not reached a stage so ad-1 tranced as those with the British government. The British negotia-. tions, he said, had progressed to the point of a general Understanding, aut the details remained to be work ed out and will be taken-, up with the British treasury officials here in Washington. The question of interest rates and of the form as of the various long time bonds which may i>e adopted are yet to be decided, the secretary intimated. * "The obligations should- contain suitable provisions for their conver sion into bond^ of small denomina-, tions or'for their payment at the option of the obligator, in lieu of such conversion," Secretary Houston 3aid. "To prevent or curtail gold ex ports from the United States, they shoifld contain an agreement by the debtor government to offer drafts payable in its currency at a ^gure to be fixed, substantially the 'gold 2XDort point, and to apply tlje pro :eeds to deferred interest and then to principal, current interest to be adjusted accordingly. Sinking fund payments should bf provided to be nade in gold coin of the United States or in the currency of the iebtor government at the par of ex liange if the holder shall so re uest." , Actual exchange of the securities, vill not b^ made at the coming con 'erence here, the secretary said, add ng that the documents of the agree-1 nent would probably be drawn up or presentation to each of the con racting governments betoi^e tne ransfer of the securities is made. ASTRONOMERS FIND STAR THREE MILLION MILES IN DIAMETER Chicago, Dec. 30.?Result of the irst successful experiments on an istronomical device at the Mt. Wil on, California, Observatory reveal ng that certain' remote stars in the irmament are many thousand times arger in size than astronomers had ?ver surmised, was discussed today >y Professor A. A. Michelson, noted icientist of the University of Chica go, who perfected the device, before he American Physical Society, meet ng here in conjunction with the American Association for the Ad 'ancement of Science. Urder the direction of Profess* klichelson astronomical expert have., ust computed the diameter offcAlpha.. )rionus, one of the stars in tt$!: conT itellation of Orino. The orb is found o be three million miles in diameter, naking it 300 times as great as the ;un. The sun being almost a million ,imes greater in volume than the :arth, this planet seems most insig nificant in comparison with Alpha Drionis. { Professor Michelson, winner of the I ^obel prize in Physics thirteen years! igo, is recognized as one of the :oremosi authorities in the world on :he subject of light. fO WELCOME THE NEW YEAR Miss Mary White is entertaining it a party tonight at her home on Greenville street. Rook will be play-; :d and the young people will wait' :or the coming of the New Year. ' | SENTIMENT STRONG FOR ACREAGE CUT Many Counties To Hold Meeting Next Monday?Institutions In Marlboro County Adopt Reso lutions Columbia, Dec. SO.?The senti ment of the farmers, merchants and bankers of South Carolina on the reduction of cotton acreage is clear ly shown in the letters that are pouring in to the office of the | American Cotton association daily I officials of that organization said ' yesterday. These letters demand | that the acreage in this state be cut j at least 50 per cent. Some hold out j for an even greater cut, saying that I ma /*aIIam ?+ oil Aiil/J krt nlnn^A/l I1U Lutiun a\* axi ouuuiu uc piaiibcu ' unless there is a rebound in the ' market before planting time. | Preparations are being made in 1 every county for a big meeting at the county seat next Monday, January 3, which is "Cotton Acre age Day" in the state by "Official pro clamation of Governor Cooper. Great interest is being taken" in these meetings over the state and indications are that thousands of farmers will sign the reduction pledges next Monday. The meetings next Monday will be followed by a systematic canvass in every county 1 and every farmer will be asked to sign a pledge to cut his crop. ? | President R. C. Hamer yesterday received a letter from the Young Men's Business league of Greenville offering to assist the acreage re duction campaign in that county. The secretary of the league, Moses E. Penn stated that preparations were being made for a big meeting in Greenville^next Monday. "W? Vinvp nff<irprt niir assistance ' wrote Mr. Penn 'because we bejreve ! this movement is one of the most1 important now before the people of the South." j President Hamer yesterday re 1 ceived copies of the resolution sign ed by the banks of Marlboro county agreeing to lend no money to any farmer who plants in cotton next year over half his acreage in 1920 This resolution, which is somewhat simliar to the pledge ^ which every bank in the state will be asked to. sign, reads as follows: "hereas the price of cotton is be~ low the cost of production, making insecure and hazardous loans made ly make more hazardous all credits An f?nt+rtn 011A' *>rnns. anrf "Whereas, the boll weevil is now in our country, and will undoubted based on cotton, and "Whereas, it is desirable and ab solutely necessary in the face of this situation that the country pro duce sufficient feedstuffs for its own need, and "Whereas, it is necessary that the" banks of the county operate for their own benefit and the common good, now therefore, be it "Resolved that the undersigned banks do hereby agree to make no loans to any persons or corporations whatsoever, fo the purpose of mak ing a crop, in any anjount whatso ever, wheTe such person, persons or corporation plant in the year 1921 more than one-half the year 1920 on the same land, to the end that a sufficient quantity of foodstuffs may be raised." WILL ARRANGE BIG LEAGUE SCHEDULE ON JANUARY 8th Chicago, Dec.' 30.?The meeting of the American and National Lea held here on January 8th, according to an announcement today by Pres ident Johnson of the American League. By framing their playing charts for 1921 at that time the schedule committees will be ready to report .to. .their , respective leagues at the' tijme-ofjoint meeing of Nation al and Americaa. leagues, January 12, avoiding the necessity of calling the perfunctory schedule meeting previously held in New York in Feb ruary. At the January 12 meeting , the proposed new national agree-! ment between majojrs and minors! will be considered and ratified. A special session of the mino(r lonmie association is scheduled to be held here January 10 and 11. BILL TILDEN WINS Auckland, N. Z., Dec. 30?Wil liam T. Tilden, II, world's champion tennis player for 1920, defeated Nofman E. Brookes of the Au stralasian team here today in the first event of the Davis cup cham pionship tournamnet. The score was 10-8, 6-4, and 6-4. ? ADVANCE IN WAGES SHARP THIS YEAR Average Yield of Lint Cotton Half Bait! to Acre, Say* Crop' Report * Saluda, Dec. 30.?According to report of B. B. Hare, agricultural statistician for bureau of crop esti mates, United States-department of agricultural, farm wages in South Carolina during the year 1920 were the highest of record. The average wage paid per month with board for the years 1910, 1919 and 1920, according to Mr. . Hare's report, was $12, $27 and $30.50, re srieritivelv. Without board for these same years it was $16.50, $38.40 | and $41.80, respectively. The average wage per day forj harvest work was $2.25 with board" and $2.75 without board, while the average wage for similiar Tfrork last year was $1.94 with board and $2.40 without board. The report shows that the esti mated wheat acreage in the state is 4 per cent greater than last year. The estimated yield of wheat straw per acre this past season was .50 tons; oats, .75, and rye, .90. The probable acreage yield of seed cotton this year is 692 pounds per acre with an average yield of 254 pounds of lint per acre. The average price of cotton December 1 was 14.5 cents per pound, while on the correspondig date of last year the average price was 35.7 cents per pound. The average number cords of wnftfl consumed w>r farm in the NOT , After Jamuary 1 j r AQH ( ' AT A SMA1 Please do not a anything, as itwi . ment for both of ( E. F. AJ COUNTY SAN Save and C / It is not what a 1 what he save sua Our Christmas 1 the 21 gt with qu members?the ci ?Join today anc sum each week a vmi will be sur your deposits wi I County Sai Sound :: Saf Abbeville, state during the past year was 13.8 cords, the average price of fotfr foot wood being $4 per cord and stove wood length $6 per cord. MOVIE STARS WED t New York, Dec. 29.?The mar riage of Constance Talmadge,v mo tion picture actress, to John Pia loglo, New York City tobacco mer chant, was announced here, tonight. The ceremony took place at Green wich, Conn., last Sunday in the pres ence of the bride's mother and lier two sisters. Norma and Natalie. Dorothy "Gish, -alos a motion pic ture actress, and a friend of Miss Talmadge, was married at' the same time and place to James Rennie, an actor. Each couple acted as atten dants to the other. N % V A CALL TO PRAYEfc. V* V ?1? * 'V V Christian* of every denom- V V inational faith are asked .to V V join with uL in earnest. praj-. V V er to Almighty God that the V V special effort* tospt^ad ..the V. V Goipel in Abbeville (through V V a series of preaching services V V in the Baptist Church, Jan. V V 1 10th to 20th) will bo fruitful- V V ?will result in renewed faith V. V and more consecrated live* V. V on part of believers, and that V V sinners may be saved. V V THE BAPTIST CHURCH. 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